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51 And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection is a destructive skin disease[a]—it is unclean. 52 And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, whether wool or linen,[b] or any leather object that has[c] the infection, because it is an infectious skin disease,[d] which is destructive—it must be burned in the fire.

53 “But[e] if the priest examines it[f] and if[g] the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:51 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  2. Leviticus 13:52 Literally “in/on the wool or in/on the linen”
  3. Leviticus 13:52 Literally “becomes on/in it”
  4. Leviticus 13:52 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  5. Leviticus 13:53 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 13:53 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Leviticus 13:53 Literally “look” or “behold”